What's New
WE ARE CLOSING 12/31
The One Stop Sustainability Shop is closing on 1468 NE Alberta Street on 12/31. We will be open through the 31st. All inventory is discounted 50%. We are selling our shop infrastructure including some some vintage wooden boxes and recycled wood shelving. Call if you have questions: 503-241-5404.
Make your lunch sustainable. Get tiffins from To-Go-Ware, recycled cloth carriers and bamboo utensil sets. What’s a tiffin? It’s a lunch or any light meal. The word originated from British dominated India and comes from an obsolete English slang term, tiffing, meaning to take a little drink or a sip. Tiffin can refer to either a snack or a packed lunch. To-Go-Ware calls their stainless steel 2-part cylindrical containers Tiffins; a smaller version is called a Snack Stack.
In India the tiffins are picked up from the lunchmakers and distributed later in the day to the farmers or laborers who bring them back home. It’s a complicated lunch distribution system, quite often done by bicycle.
Because there’s no tiffin distributor in Portland, Carol Grimes takes her own tiffin to a food cart to pick up lunch because she feels there’s a lot of waste from disposable plastic and paper food cart containers. She says people compliment her on her tiffin and want to know where she got it. Stop in our store and get a 10% discount on any To-Go-Ware sustainable lunch product. Just let us know you visited our website.
Carol Grimes with her new snack stack tiffin.
We just got new, large and medium rectangular 100% recycled dog beds in from Eugene, Oregon, made by St. Vincent de Paul. Large - $60. Medium – $40.
Also, arrived from Eugene — large as well as deluxe clothes drying racks. Extremely sturdy, handmade out of Oregon Douglas-fir. These drying racks will last longer than you do!
Last, but not least! we have discounted our vintage bakeware 20%. All glass — glass lids, too! Twelve cup, five cup and two cup sizes. If you’re tired of plastic touching your food, these are for you! Or if you’re just tired of plastic in general. I’m tired of plastic; I hate plastic and it’s everywhere! At least the plastic bag has been banned in Portland. Maybe we could be really on the cutting edge and ban everything plastic in Portland.
ID ACCORDIAN
Frost Noris, a local artisan who makes wallets from recycled bicycle inner tube tires, just brought in these terrific ID accordians. These compact wallets provide separate compartments for credit cards, driver’s licence, business cards, and all that cash you carry around. They fit easily into a shirt or pants pocket. The ID accordian will help keep you organized as well as sustainable. Stop in our shop and check them out! See you soon!
Eco-friendly cleaning tools for clean home and heart!
Broom: Made from real broom corn in California!
Dustpan: Made from 100% recycled polystyrene in Missouri, USA!
New Take on an Old Idea
One of the cornerstones of sustainability is reusing things and what’s more sustainable than recycling clothing? Check out our used clothes closet. $5.00 per item.
Just In!
Wool dryer balls save money, energy and time by cutting machine drying time. The balls circulate and separate clothing while getting warm, dry air down to the core of the laundry load. When you use four balls in your dryer, you can cut an average of 25% off large load drying time and about 30-40% off small loads. While wool dryer balls speed up drying time, they also help soften clothes by the gentle friction of the felted wool fibers against clothing fibers. The more wool drying balls used the shorter your drying time will be. Our dryer balls are handmade of repurposed wool yarn in St. Helens, Oregon. We only have 3 sets left so stop in soon to purchase these natural energy savers. $26.00/set
Ty shower curtains. Made of 100% high-density polyethylene(HDPE), a non-toxic plastic which is easily recycled. Does not off-gas like shower curtains made of vinyl (pvc). Ty breathes – making it less likely to grow mold and mildew. It can be machine washed in cold water with a mild detergent. Washing will create a soft linen-like texture. Ty is locally made on Bainbridge Island in Washington. Ty is stronger than vinyl; it will last a very long time and then it can be recycled.
Come in and check out new cards and journal books by local artists Nikki McClure and Jill Bliss. Printed on 100% recycled paper with soy based inks in Portland, Oregon.
Pocket critters handmade from recycled wool sweaters in St. Helen’s, Oregon. Customers always ask, “What are they for?” The answer is, “A friend for your pocket. To be soft, cuddly, cheerful and make you feel good.”
Upcycled Inner Tube Wallets
Upcycled Banner Bicycle Paniers and Shopping Totes
Vintage Glass, Linens and Hankies!
Just In!! Peterboro Bicycle Baskets!!
Old-fashioned American craftsmanship.
Mason Bee Boxes
Made of recycled wood in Portland, Oregon
$18
Worm Factory Worm Bin
100% recycled plastic, made in Bellingham, WA. Buy in February and get free red wiggler worms.
$99
Dish Drying Rack
Made of local recycled pine in Portland.
$28.00
Pendleton Eco-Wise Wool Blankets
Wool is an environmentally friendly and naturally renewable fiber. The fabric can be recycled or composted as a healthy additive to the soil. This wool blanket has been certified for its material content, recyclability and manufacturing characteristics. Certified cradle to cradle. These blankets are made in Washougal, Washington.
54″ x 66″ Lambswool
$78.00
Organic cotton underwear
Thong made in the USA
$16
Bikini made in the USA
$14
